Elizabeth clerk says cyberattack took meeting-agenda system offline for at least a week
The clerk said she posted notice at Town Hall and on Facebook; agendas and minutes went back online after service returned Oct. 29.
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A cyberattack knocked Elizabeth’s CivicPlus meeting-agenda system offline for at least a week around the Oct. 27 Board of Trustees meeting, Town Clerk Michelle Oeser said. The outage left the agenda and minutes unavailable through the system, and Oeser said she posted notice at Town Hall and on Facebook, telling trustees about the outage and the town’s response on Nov. 10.
Oeser said she encountered the outage while preparing the meeting packet on Oct. 22. She said she posted the agenda and minutes online when service returned Oct. 29. The Oct. 27 agenda lists the regular meeting for 7 p.m. at Town Hall, with viewing-only Zoom access.
At the Nov. 10 meeting, a resident questioned whether the Oct. 27 meeting had been properly noticed and argued that its decisions might be invalid. Trustees approved the Oct. 27 minutes, but that action did not resolve the resident’s legal concern about notice.